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Redeye said:Simpson is right and it would seem in agreement with you, Mr. Campbell, about the ends required. Improving things like education systems, especially in the US where they seem to be in a particularly dire state, would accomplish income redistribution by enabling a larger segment of the population to increase their earning power, rather then to find themselves left behind in an economy that will, as always, demand knowledge and innovation as the means to fueling growth.
To an extent, I have to agree with the "Occupy" set's detesting the 1% - or rather, those in that subset who seem to want to preserve their massive slice of the pie by continuing to undermine education. Who is it that the evidently self-loathing morons who support the Tea Party seem to want to pay for these policies? Public sector workers, teachers, and so on. The very people whose job it is to make the systems work - whose efforts set the stage for building the wealth that built our society. Disincentivizing becoming a teacher by underpaying them and underfunding schools is not helping anything. As Mr. Campbell correctly highlights, things like school breakfast and lunch programs have huge potential to improve academic performance for a pretty small investment, and in particular, I'd wager that the biggest bang for the buck would come in neighbourhoods which tend to have higher poverty levels, because those kids are at a great risk of being caught up in a poverty trap - lacking the education necessary to get themselves out of poverty into success.
You've been warned before, more than once.
You know, from past experience that there are Tea Party supporters and members here.
You have been told to stop vilifying and denigrating them, but you just can't seem to grow up.
Welcome to the Warning System.
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